The Tony- and Emmy-winning singer, actor, activist and author of the memoir My Song continues his conversation with Tavis and discusses faith, spirituality, war and peace. (RT @tavissmiley: "Paul Robeson gave me the spine for my manhood.

Flipgrid is simple: Teachers create grids of short discussion-style questions that students respond to through recorded videos. Flipgrid boosts community and social presence in face-to-face, hybrid, and online classrooms.

New tools are making it easier to customize learning for every student. Playlists, projects, and portfolios support big blocks, maker spaces, and flex schools. One thing I appreciate about the Christensen Institute definition of blended learning is that it stresses student agency by requiring "student control over time, place, path, and/or pace."

The era of PLPs for each student and adult has begun. The tools for doing this are increasingly more sophisticated and easy to use. These tools will transform education to make learning and access to big ideas and The Great Conversation individually meaningful.

It is essential that network leadership development learn from constructionism and the maker movement about "tinkering, exploring building, inventing" as they weave networks and help people self-organize.

It is essential that network leadership development learn from constructionism and the maker movement about "tinkering, exploring building, inventing" as they weave networks and help people self-organize.

By Bethany Meyer School is the place to be right now. My kids are experiencing magic at their school. Teachers know and celebrate the students. Curriculum is rigorous. Technology is embraced. Design based thinking is explored. Character education is emphasized. Community outreach is in place. The

This is another FREE tool that can be used to help students sum up the information they learned into a neat little package. It seems to be relatively easy to use and creates a wonderful product. Let us know if you want to create a lesson around this type of product and we will be happy to help you!

When you ask people to define ‘Critical Thinking’, there is no shortage of definitions. In a recent online webinar for English Language Teachers, the lecturer started the webinar by asking participants to share their own definition of the term, Critical Thinking. With around 100 teachers from various backgrounds, there was a wide range of ideas and suggestions.

Critical thinking skills are something all teachers need to present to students and here are some realistic activities for class. John Hughes has very kindly offered this PDF free. You do have to register to open it.

Peter Drucker, considered the leadership guru of the twentieth notes that, “The leader of the past may have been a person who knew how to tell, but certainly the leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.”

One of the more rewarding periods of my business career included a leadership meeting weber of CEO adjourned discussion of a topic because the team were not asking questions ............. When we discussed the topic at the following meeting we had a lively debate both initially in a "seek to understand" phase and then later in what amounted to brainstorming of potential solutions.

A Solitary World — a breathtaking homage to H.G. Wells, with text adapted from five of his most celebrated works: The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The First Men in the Moon (1901), In The Days of the Comet (1906), The World Set Free (1914). Read by Terry Burns and featuring an appropriately haunting score from the young British composer Lennert Busch, the film belongs to — pioneers, perhaps — an emerging creative genre: the cinematic poem.

Ever wondered what the most common grammar mistakes are that bloggers make? Run-on sentences, punctuation, or maybe use of wrong tenses? This infographic highlights common blog post writing errors and blogging facts.

92% of companies that attributed the acquisition of just 1 customer from blog activity posted multiple times per day. Stay focused on your customers and hire a competent writer to handle this activity.

This post is updated from an article we published in April. At the end of the day, teaching is about learning, and learning is about understanding. And as technology evolves to empower more diverse and...

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